CVE-2018-1544: IBM DB2

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 could allow a local user to overflow a buffer which may result in a privilege escalation to the DB2 instance owner. IBM X-Force ID: 142648.

Affected products

• IBM DB2: version 9.7 only; version 10.1 only; version 10.5 only; version 11.1 only

Published 2018-05-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.